Assistant Manager, Substance Abuse Recovery Programme

Job Description

Last date of application: 28th June 2025 About Us We are a social impact organization, we focus on securing social justice for waste pickers through interventions co-created with waste pickers, in the areas of identity rights, access to employment, skill development, and access to family education, healthcare, housing & other social security/entitlements. We are actively engaged in multi-tier policy advocacy. https://hasirudala.in/ Position Overview We are seeking an experienced and empathetic Assistant Manager to lead our Substance Abuse Recovery Programme. As Assistant Manager, you will be pivotal in overseeing the planning, implementation, and evaluation of our de-addiction initiatives. This position requires a strong commitment to supporting individual waste pickers in their recovery journey and ensuring the effective delivery of services. Responsibilities Ability to collaborate with different stakeholders to bring resources to the community to Leverage with the participants and aid in the substance abuse recovery process. Network and build relationships with service providers for de-addiction, including government, organizations, or the medical community, to provide direct services. Develop training materials on substance abuse that can be used for all training with the community, sanitation workers, and other training programs that Hasiru Dala conducts. Bring knowledge, new research on substance abuse, and new interventions to the team members. Manage the budget. Design special services for youths with substance abuse challenges. Design and set up a feedback system from the community for the program and redesign the intervention based on the feedback. Any other tasks required and assessed by the team for completing training. Writing the program report and Programme documentation. Overseeing the work of field staff. Required Experience/Qualification Minimum 3 years of experience working with the community on issues of substance abuse or mental health Has experience in developing/designing interventions at the community level Proficiency in speaking and reading Kannada, English, and Hindi is mandatory. Proficient in Microsoft Office and presentation skills. Place of Posting: Bengaluru Expected Date of Joining: Immediate. Duration of the contract period: December 2026. Application Instructions Please submit your application consisting of a resume along with a cover letter to: hr@hasirudala.in and CC: to akshatha@hasirudala.in Please mention ‘Assistant Manager for Substance Abuse and Recovery Programme’ in the email subject line. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Show more Show less